Greetings to all of you RPMDaily followers. It is my prayer you enjoy the Remarkable Blog. All last week we talked about the six symptoms of pride. Today we finish this series. Our number six symptom is:
An unhealthy sense of competition
Some people have more stuff than they can afford because of pride. They want to feel like they are in a class they are not in.
One salesman made hundreds of sales by saying, "Let me show you something your neighbors say you can't afford."
Proverbs 16:5 (KJV) “5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”
If there was no pride there would be no devil. Lucifer exercised pride in wanting to be like God. It was pride that plunged the human race into sin. Pride was the bait on the hook for Eve. She wouldn't have done that just for a bite of juicy fruit.(not gum J)
Satan said to her, “Take it, you'll be like God!” This means that all sin in the world was caused by pride. Every single rape, murder, theft, is caused by pride. Pride caused it all! We will fight this problem until we leave this earth and go to heaven. Pride is not dead until we are!
In 1958 the most famous bullfighter in Spain was named Jose, and was 21 years old. He was the most successful, well known matador of his day. He died on a day when he struck the bull w/ his sword, and thinking it was dead he turned his back on the bull to receive his applause. But in an instant the bull rose and gored him thru the back, puncturing his heart.
The lesson? Never turn your back on pride because as soon as you think you've got it whipped it will rise up and stab you in the back!
Proverbs 16:18 (NIV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
An unhealthy sense of competition
Some people have more stuff than they can afford because of pride. They want to feel like they are in a class they are not in.
One salesman made hundreds of sales by saying, "Let me show you something your neighbors say you can't afford."
Proverbs 16:5 (KJV) “5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”
If there was no pride there would be no devil. Lucifer exercised pride in wanting to be like God. It was pride that plunged the human race into sin. Pride was the bait on the hook for Eve. She wouldn't have done that just for a bite of juicy fruit.(not gum J)
Satan said to her, “Take it, you'll be like God!” This means that all sin in the world was caused by pride. Every single rape, murder, theft, is caused by pride. Pride caused it all! We will fight this problem until we leave this earth and go to heaven. Pride is not dead until we are!
In 1958 the most famous bullfighter in Spain was named Jose, and was 21 years old. He was the most successful, well known matador of his day. He died on a day when he struck the bull w/ his sword, and thinking it was dead he turned his back on the bull to receive his applause. But in an instant the bull rose and gored him thru the back, puncturing his heart.
The lesson? Never turn your back on pride because as soon as you think you've got it whipped it will rise up and stab you in the back!
Proverbs 16:18 (NIV) “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
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